Events & Meetings
Ottawa's identity as Canada's seat of government means the city hosts a continuous rotation of federal conferences, international delegations, and high-stakes corporate summits - and was engineered to absorb that demand without friction. The events program serves everything from intimate bilateral meetings to 200-person industry conferences, with audiovisual infrastructure and catering built to the standard that a federal capital's professional class actually requires. No event here operates from a generic banquet template: each booking begins with a dedicated events coordinator who has mapped Ottawa's conference calendar for the year.
Rideau Ballroom - 200-Person Capacity
The 4,800-square-foot Rideau Ballroom configures as a banquet hall, theatre-style conference room, or hybrid format, with a built-in 4K projection system and acoustic wall panels that adjust reverberation time for speech-forward presentations.
Four Soundproofed Breakout Pods
Each pod seats six to eight participants around an integrated display, with independent climate control and direct fibre connections - designed for the simultaneous working sessions that characterise multi-track federal conferences.
Dedicated AV and Tech Support Team
A two-person on-site technical crew is assigned to every event booking of 20 or more guests, covering live-stream setup, simultaneous translation feeds, and real-time troubleshooting without the guest needing to contact a third-party vendor.
Custom Catering by The Champlain Table
Events catering is executed directly by Chef Okafor's team rather than a contracted banquet supplier, meaning conference lunches and gala dinners share the same ingredient provenance standards as the main restaurant.
Overnight Delegate Room Blocks
holds a reservable room block of up to 60 keys for multi-day conference delegates, with coordinated check-in logistics managed by a single events contact rather than the standard front-desk queue.
Post-Event Gaming Floor Access
Corporate and government event clients may arrange exclusive after-hours gaming floor access for their delegate group - a distinctive Ottawa closing event that no off-site venue can replicate.